Explaining how he envisaged already strong Anglo-Portuguese relations improving even further, António Costa this week said

The weekend will be mostly wet and dreary throughout the country and showers are forecast to stick around for most of the coming week, but the good news is that next week the temperatures will start to rise.

Lisbon: Saturday will be partly cloudy and Sunday will be rainy in the capital, but Monday and Tuesday should by dry with sunny spells. Light showers are forecast to return from the middle of the coming week, but temperatures – maximums and minimums – will rise by a couple of degrees.South: Southern Portugal looks like it could be the exception to the general rule; Saturday is forecast to be sunny, with some scattered cloud and highs of around 20 degrees Celsius, and the following week is forecast to be partly cloudy with highs in the low-20’s.North: Northern Portugal might be a little brighter than it has been in recent weeks, with sunny spells forecast through the weekend and for most of the coming week, but there will be no let up in the rain as persistent showers are forecast at least until the coming weekend.